BNP
Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday (September 28) said
India has been trying to destroy Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) sector to
capture its markets abroad.
“So,
it is needed to form a taskforce immediately to save the (RMG) industry from
the local and foreign conspiracies,” he said while addressing as the chief
guest a rally organized by Gazipur district and City unit of Jatiyatabadi
Shramik Dal at Konabari Degree College in Gazipur city.
The
BNP leader said ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her cohorts along with
foreign power have been destabilizing the country’s RMG industry mainly to
making the country’s economy weak.
“Getting
no way, Sheikh Hasina and her cohorts have been trying to create anarchy in the
country. Fascist Sheikh Hasina has fled
the country, but her evil existence is still there in the country,” he said.
The
cohorts of Sheikh Hasina are hatching conspiracy against the state as they are
yet to forget that they were involved in looting and stealing the country’s
money and siphoned off those abroad, he added.
The
BNP Secretary General said, “They were thinking that if they would have been
able to bring Sheikh Hasina back, then they could have been able to steal and
loot the money again.
“So,
they are out to destroy the country’s industries especially the RMG sector.
Foreign power has been working with them,” he said, adding that they are doing
so because they have interest as they know, they will get export-orders of the
RMG if the apparel sector in Bangladesh is destroyed”.
Fakhrul
claimed Awami League’s involvement in destabilize the country’s industries
particularly the RMG after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government on August 5
following the students-people mass-uprising.
Addressing
to the party leaders and activists, the BNP Secretary General said that “We’ve
to protect this industry. You get together with the labourers to resist them.”
“Remember
that 50 lakh people of the country are involved in this sector. Majority of our
foreign currency earnings come from this industry,” he added.
Pointing
finger to fascist Sheikh Hasina, Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that many of BNP
leaders and activists, workers, day-laborers and students were killed during
the fascist regime.
He
said that Sheikh Hasina has destroyed the entire state system to stay in power,
especially the police were used to torture people. “Now, we can breathe, sleep
peacefully.”
About
the interim government, the BNP Secretary General said that Professor Muhammad
Yunus is respected by people all over the world and he formed the government
with some prominent persons of the country.
“We’ve
requested them to hold elections within a reasonable time through cleaning the
mess of Awami League,” he said, adding, “We want to vote, elect the government
and parliament through voting.”
Fakhrul
Islam Alamgir said, "We’ve urged the government of India not to give
shelter to the killer, who committed genocide in the country, accused in
numerous murder cases, and destroyed the country's democracy."
“They
didn’t respond to our request,” he added.
The
BNP Secretary General said that they have requested the interim government to
write a letter to India to send Sheikh Hasina, the destroyer of the country,
back to face trial.
Reiterating
his demand for holding election quickly, Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the
mess created by Awami League should be cleared for holding election as soon as
possible.
“The
present government has started working and people expect that the government
will listen to them as they want to elect their representatives,” he added.
With
Sramik Dal Executive President Salahuddin Sarkar in the chair, BNP Standing
Committee member Professor Dr. Zahid Hossain, Special Assistant to the BNP
Chairperson Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, BNP Assistant Labor Secretary Humayun
Kabir Khan, Sramik Dal President Anwar Hossain, BNP Executive Committee Members
Mojibur Rahman and Hasan Uddin Sarkar, and Gazipur City BNP President Shawkat
Hossain Sarkar, among others, also spoke.